Samuel bretzfield



(No Model.)

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Patentd Apr; 28, 1885.

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SAMUEL BRETZFIELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,872, dated April 28,

Application filed February 24, 1885. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BRETZFIELD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Belt-Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved belt-fastening which holds the belt closed securely, and by means of which the belt can easily be adjusted for waists of any size. r

The invention consists in a plate having studs and a slot or a cross-piece forming a slot. One end of the belt is passed through the slot or under the cross-piece and the studs are passed through apertures in the end of the belt. The other end of the belt is then passed through the slot or under the crosspiece and the studs passed through the apertures in this latter end of the belt.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. V

Figure 1 is a front view of a belt provided with my improved fastening, the belt being open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, the belt being closed. Fig. 3 is a face view of a leather fastening. Fig 4. shows a modification of the plate.

The belt A, made of leather or other suita ble material, is provided at one end, A, with one or two or more aligned apertures or slots, B, and at the opposite end, A, with apertures G, dili'erent distances from the end, or, in place of the single line of apertures, withtransverse rows of two or more apertures different distances from the ends. I prefer tohave apertures from which slits 11 extend, as shown.

The fastening consists of a metal plate, D,

. from which one, two, or more headed studs, E,

project, and on one edge of the plate a slot, F, is formed,'either by cutting out the plate or by securing a cross-piece, G, on the same.

The plate A may also be made of hard rubber, celluloid, &c., or of leather, as shown in Fig. 3, the headed studs being secured on the leather piece in any well-known manner.

It is evident that the plate I) should have as many studs E as there are apertures in each {)ransverse row of apertures at the ends of the elt.

The end A of the belt is passed through the slot F, or under the piece G, so that the inner surface of the belt rests upon the face of the plate D, the studs E passing through apertures 0, whereby the plate D is held on the belt. The end A of the belt is then passed under the piece G, or through the slot F, the studs E passing through the apertures or slots B, whereby the belt is closed.

To shorten the belt the studs E are passed through apertures G a greater distance from the end A and if the belt is to be lengthened the studs E are passed through apertures O nearer the end of belt.

In place of the plain studs shown in Figs. 1, 2, and3, studs having hinged heads, as shown in 4, may be provided. The part in which the slot F is formed may be turned up, as is also shown in Fig. 4.

The belt can easily be adjusted for any sized waist, the belt is not mutilated by the fastening, and the fastening is very simple in construction, strong and durable.

The slot, or cross-piece forming the slot, is at one edge of the plate D, and the studs are at or near the opposite edge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters patent, is-

1. The combination, with the belt A, having a series of apertures, (.I, at the end A and apertures at the end A of the plate D, or a piece of leather having a slot, or a crosspiece forming a slot, at one edge and studs at the opposite edge, the end A of the belt resting upon the plate D, and being held by the studs E, passed through the apertures in the end A of the belt, the end A of the belt being passed through the slot F, or under the cross-piece the end A of the belt, and also being held by the studs E, which are passed through the apertures in the end A, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A belt-fastening consisting of a plate provided at one edge with a slot, or a crosspiece forming a slot, and at the other edge with two studs projecting from the upper surforming the slot, and resting upon face of the plate, whieh studs are adapted to be passed through two thicknesses of leather overlapping each other on the said plate, the

under side of the plate being smooth, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the plate D, havin g a slot, F, or a cross-pieee forming a slot, of

studs provided with hinged heads, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAML. BRETZFIELD. IO

Witnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, G. SEDGWIOK. 

